Protector for motor devices of automobiles.



E. B. HESS.

PROTECTOR FOR MOTOR DEVICES 0F AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6. I915.

Patented June 5, 1917 nbwann n. HESS, or nnoomzrn, new YORK.

PROTECTOR FOR MOTOR DEVTGlEfi QT AUTOMWBILES.

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Application filed January 6, 19M. flerial We. saw.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. Hess, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Protectors for Motor Devices of Aw tomobiles, of which the following is a speci- V fication.

This invention relates to means for protecting motor devices of automobiles, particularly radiators, against the damaging effects of cold Weather. The essential feature of the invention resides in acurtain, of a pliablemature, that may be drawn over a portion or the whole of the front of a radiator and held in set position and be rolled u into a small compass when not in use. Sue 1 a curtain may be com osedof an asbestos fabric, or any suitable impervious fabric or thin sheet metal. The use of a protector adapted to be quickly applied to radiators of automobiles and to be adjusted to partly cover the exposed surface in cold weather and to wholly cover the same when the motor is inactive is very desirable.

The invention comprises means for rolling up the curtain, preferably of automatic action, as a spring actuated roller; means for holding the curtain in active positions, partly or Wholly unrolled; means for incasing the rolling up means and curtain thereon to protect-them from inclement weather and other details of construction hereafter described.

In the accompanying drawings 7 Figure 1, a front elevation of a radiator used on the Packard machine, showing the curtain protector of this invention in protecting position, and also certain modifications, partly broken away:

- Fig. 2, a transverse section on line 2, 2,

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Fig; 3, a front sectional view on line 3, 3,

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Fig. 4, a plan View in section take n on line 4., 4t, Fig. 2. r

The. radiator R shown in, he drawings has itswidest part a short dis once from the lower edge and this wide part is most suitable for thelo'cation of the curtain roller 20. The curtain 18 in this case is provided with slotted tabs 31 which are set over flat headed thumb pieces 32 iylltiiritlle curtain is drawn out over the face ,bftheunadiator, the thumb pieces 32 then being turned at right angles to securely hold the curtain in set position.

specification of Letters Patent.

,tion of the protector Patented June it, digit '3.

Other devices for holding the curtain in ditt ferent positions partly open or fully open may, of course, be used in place of those illustrated. The spring roller is held in the end bracket pieces 33 oi the casing, and thesc bracket pieces are connected by bbttoni plate 3% and aresecured to the trainedilitsf the radiator by rangement provides device to and removal from the radiator. A cover 3'? is hinged on a rod 38 held in the brackets 33 just above the plate 34, and torsion springs 39 located on the rod act to hold the cover in closed position, asshown in Fig. 2, with its upper edge adjacent the face of the radiator and against the curtain when it is drawn out in protecting position. With the curtain wound up both it and the roller will be protected by the casing, as the edge of the cover 37 will be pressed against the face of the rathumb screws 36. This ar a for the quick applicao Ftii with a knob a0 by which it may be moved I into position shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2,

to afford access to the curtain and roller. The part of the radiator below the casing 33, 34. 37 may be protected by a plate 41 having its upper edge pivotally connected to lugs 42 on the underside of the bottom piece 31- of the casing.

This plate ll may be held down against the radiator by bent headedscrews or buttons 43, and held up away from the radiator by similar buttons acting on the side edges, see Fig. 2..

I claim:

l. A protector for radiators of automobiles, comprising a roller, a curtain attached to the roller. a casing or frame in which the roller is held consisting of, a plate and brackcts in which the roller has its bearings, a cover hinged to the plate and adapted to extend over and protect the roller and curtain. means for securing the casing to the front of the automobile and means for holding the curtain in front of the radiator.

2. A protector for radiators of automobiles, comprising a roller. a curtain attached to the roller. a casing or frame in which the roller is held consisting of a bottom plate and end brackets in which the roller has its bearings. a spring actuated cover hinged to the front of the bottom plate and adapted to extend over and protect the roller and curtain with its free {ft ge bearing against to the roller, a casing or the face of the radiator or interposed curtain; lugs extending from the casing, means for securing the lugs to the front of theautomobile and means for holding the curtain in front of the radiator;

3. A protector for radiators of automobile's, comprising a roller, a curtain attached to the roller, a casing or frame in which the roller is held, means for securing the casing to the front of the automobile, a plate pivoted to the undersidepf the casing adapted to cover the part of the face of the radiator below the casing, means for holding the pivoted plate against and away from the'radiator andmeans for holding the curtain in front of the radiator.

i 4. A protector for radiators of automobiles, comprising a roller, a curtain attached frame in which the roller is held consisting of a bottom plate bearings,

and end brackets in which the roller has its a spring actuated cover hinged to the front of the bottom plate and adapted to extend over and protect the roller and curtain with its free edge bearing against the face of the radiator or interposed curtain, lugs extending from the casing, means for securing the lugs to the front of the automobile, a plate pivoted to the underside of the casing adapted to cover the part of the face of the radiator below the casing, liiean s rt'r hol ing the'pivot'ed' plate against and away from the radiator and means for holding the curtain in front of the radiator.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDWARD B. HESS. Witnesses:

L. C. Mrnns, CHAS. WEBER. 

